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There has got to be a line drawn here somewhere. Why does a citizen need a flamethrower? Or a grenade?

Where should that line be drawn? I believe that will be a central matter in this debate.

What criteria, then, do we base either side of the argument on?

Surely even gun advocates don't say that I should be allowed to have a fully weaponized AFV?

I think a grenade is classified as a WMD. Individuals aren't supposed to have them.
Wonder how the cartels get them then?
Like anything else, if you have enough money, you can acquire anything your heart may desire, that's how.

Legally owned firearms don't bother me a bit. 99% of the people that own them, are really stand up folks. Especially the ones that own full auto/burst weapons. They have to jump through more hoops, and ring all the bells. They really don't pose a threat to the public.

Yes, and I think that most of that would revolve around how poorly our health care system deals with patients that have mental issues.

That's a PART of that problem.

Add in the degradation of the family leading to the fact that dads are next to completely absent in children's lives, single mothers that have to work all the time to "make ends meet" and can't be there to guide their children at all, economic stresses, a piss poor justice system that releases recidivist criminals rather than imprisoning them like they should be, and you've got a recipe for disaster.

There isn't a simple, one-size-fits-all solution.

Originally Posted by scrogdog

I'm just trying to figure out what one needs and intends to do with such a weapon as a flamethrower, grenade or .50 cal machine guns.

FUN? It's so hard to accept that someone would own a gun or device that is just FUN to shoot?